Ἀφέται
Aphetai, Aphetae
Translated by William Hutton · 20 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 4 revisions
Translation
A place in Athens1 where the expedition of Xerxes had its first setback because of the unsuitability of the harbors. For this reason they consider Boreas2 to be an ally of the Athenians. The god3 had prophesied that they should sacrifice to their kinsman4 wind; he is called kinsman because of Oreithyia.
Greek original
Ἀφέται· τόπος Ἀθήνησιν, ἔνθα ὁ στόλος Ξέρξου τὸ πρῶτον ἐδυστύχησε διὰ λιμένων ἀνεπιτηδειότητα. ὅθεν τὸν Βορέαν Ἀθηναίων σύμμαχον εἶναι νομίζουσι. χρήσας δ' ἦν ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἀνέμῳ συγγενεῖ θύειν, εἶναι δὲ συγγενὴς λέγεται διὰ τὴν Ὠρείθυιαν.
Betacode
*)afe/tai: to/pos *)aqh/nhsin, e)/nqa o( sto/los *ce/rcou to\ prw=ton e)dustu/xhse dia\ lime/nwn a)nepithdeio/thta. o(/qen to\n *bore/an *)aqhnai/wn su/mmaxon ei)=nai nomi/zousi. xrh/sas d' h)=n o( qeo\s kai\ a)ne/mw| suggenei= qu/ein, ei)=nai de\ suggenh\s le/getai dia\ th\n *)wrei/quian.
Notes (4)
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras.↩
- 1Incorrect. Our primary source on the episode in question here (Herodotus 7.188ff.) makes it clear that Aphetai is far to the north of Attica, in Thessaly; see also Strabo 9.5.15 & 18. Perhaps just inside the Gulf of Pagasai, or (as, speculatively, in the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World map 55 grid E2) just outside it, near Olizon. ↩
- 2The north wind; cf. beta 390. ↩
- 3Apollo of Delphi. ↩
- 4In Herodotus, more precisely, son-in-law (since Boreas had married an Athenian woman, Oreithyia, about to be mentioned).
Linked from (1)
Neighbours in Adler order
α4588Ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ τε καὶ τοῦτονlet go from the posts both me and this manα4589Ἀφέσθαιto leave aloneα4590Ἀφ' Ἑστίαςfrom Hearth, from Hestiaα4591ἈφέταιAphetai, Aphetaeα4592Ἀφετηρίαstarting-lineα4593Ἄφευε τῶν φασήλων ὦ γύναι τρεῖς χοίνικαςroast three cups of kidney-beans o womanα4594Ἀφευθεὶς τὸν πρωκτόνsinged about the anus
Revisions (4)
- David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; tweaking
- David Whiteheadadded notes
- William Huttontranslated